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The Altitude to the Hypotenuse

Geometry 833
The legs of a right triangle have lengths 9 cm and 40 cm. What is the length (in cm) of the altitude to the hypotenuse? The answer is in the form $\frac{\alpha}{\beta}$ for coprime integers $\alpha$ and $\beta$. Input the answer as the sum $\alpha +\beta$.